Joel 2:1
Blow the trumpet in Zion, wail on my holy mountain, let all the inhabitants of the land be stirred up. For the day of the Lord is on its way; for it is near:
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Numbers 10:2“Make for yourself two trumpets of ductile silver, with which you may be able to call together the multitude when the camp is to be moved.
Numbers 10:5But if the sound of the trumpets is prolonged, but with interruptions, those who are toward the east side shall move the camp first.
Ezra 9:3And when I had heard this word, I tore my cloak and my tunic, and I pulled out the hairs of my head and beard, and I sat in mourning.
Isaiah 13:6Wail aloud! For the day of the Lord draws near! It will arrive like a devastation from the Lord.
Isaiah 66:2My hand has made all these things, and all these things have been made, says the Lord. But upon whom will I look with favor, except upon a poor little one, who is contrite in spirit, and who trembles at my words?
Matthew Henry on Joel 2:1
In this chapter we have, I. A further description of that terrible desolation which should be made in the land of Judah by the locusts and caterpillars, ver. 1-11 . II. A serious call to the people, when they are under this sore judgment, to return and repent, to fast and pray, and to seek unto God for mercy, with directions how to do this aright, ver. 12-17 . III. A promise that, upon their repentance, God would remove the judgment, would repair the breaches made upon them by it, and restore unto them plenty of… Read the whole commentary →